590  INDEX. 
Scammony,  production  of,  near  Smyrna   .....  139 
Scammony,  notes  on                   .          .                    .          .          .  14(5 
Scammony  in  shell  146 
Scammony,  black             »•••...  147 
Scamrriony  resin,  test  for  .          .          .          .          .          .          .  44(3 
Schaejfer,  IV.,  on  purification  of  spirits  by  filtration       .          .          .  236 
Seeds  of  asparagus  used  for  coffee            .....  564 
Seeman,  Berthold,  on  sarsaparilla            .....  258 
Sensibility  of  the  reactions  of  salicylous  and  salicylic  acids     .          .  G5 
Serpents,  on  the  venom  of           ......  241 
Siberian  rhubarb  .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .  120 
Simmons,  Gustavus  L.,  on  Chinese  pharmacy     ....  97 
"             "           notice  of  some  Californian  plants         ,          .  481 
Skillip,  on            .          .          .          .          .          .                    .  144 
Soda  water,  cupreous       .          .          .          .          .          .          .  4Q6 
Solutio  Doveri      ........  220 
Solution  of  nitrate  of  iron  .....                   .  400 
Speer,  T.  S.s  M.  D.,  on  carbonate  of  iron  and  manganese        .          .  127 
Squill,  composition  of       .......  54 
St.  Louis  Medical  Society  vs.  the  Apothecaries  ....  379 
St.  Louis  Pharmaceutical  Association     .....  381 
Stenhouse,  John,  L.L.D.,  on  dried  coffee  leaves             .          .          .  249 
"             "             on  the  nature  of  the  crystals  in  oil  of  bitter 
almonds      .          .          .          .          .  267 
"  "  on  the  deodorizing  and  disinfecting  properties 
of  charcoal  .....  356 
Storax  bark  448 
Straueh,  Dr.  E.,  on  the  tests  for  alcohol            ....  525 
Strychnia,  attempt  to  poison  with           .....  295 
Strychnia,  detection  of,  in  saccharine  powders    ....  471 
Study,  remarks  on  529 
Styptic  balsam      ........  249 
Sulphate  of  iron  as  a  preservative  agent           ....  279 
Sulphate  of  iron  and  copper         ......  308 
Sulphate  of  iron  and  zinc  .......  309 
Sulphate  of  iron  and  manganese   ......  309 
Sulphate  of  quinia,  New  Granadan          .....  361 
Sulphate  of  quinia,  Herring's  process  for          ....  10 
Sulphate  of  iodo-quinine    .......  18 
Sulphate  of  quinidin,  optical  properties  of  .  .  .23 
Sulphate  of  quinidinia,  medicinal  power  of        ...          .  505 
Sulphuret  of  carbon,  method  of  detecting          ....  64 
Sulpho-caprylic  acid         .  .  .  .  .  .  .415 
Sulpho-cyanide  of  potassium,  formation  of         .          .  363 
Substitute  for  papier  mache         .          ,          .          ,          .  .166 
Substitute  for  cream  of  tartar  in  dyeing  .....  471 
Sugar  of  milk,  its  preparation  in  Bavaria           ....  449 
Swann,  Edwin  R.f  letter  relative  to  cupreous  soda  water          .         .  496 
